Week of November 15, 1954

with President Eisenhower, saying the whole free

world “is making steady progress on the road to

peace.”

Secretary of State Dulles gives Communist China a

stern new warning that an attack on Formosa would

mean hostilities with the United States.

Egypt’s governing revolutionary

council deposes Maj. Gen

accused him of being implicated in a plot by the fanatic

Muslim Brotherhood against the life of his rival, Premier

Gamal Abdel Nasser.

First Lady Mamie Eisenhower makes a quick trip to New York

aboard the President’s new airplane on a shopping trip. She

selected 12 new hats, fitted two ball gowns and examined

some of the latest fashions.

Jimmy Carter regains his world’s lightweight championship, battering Paddy de

CONELRAD (Control of electromagnetic radiation) - a means by which AM radio

stations broadcast civil defense information during a wartime alert without

navigation aid to the enemy - is tested this week in the New York City area.

Fifteen AM stations, twelve FM stations and all seven New York City TV stations

went off the air during the three-hour test. All the AM stations came back, but

broadcast the same programming either on 640 or 1240 Khz.

Ramar in “Ramar of the Jungle” will lead this year’s

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Don’t miss it!!

Art Carney of the Jackie Gleason show has a new

Christmas record out called “Santa and the Doodle-

Li-Boop” but know one knows what a “Doodle-Li-

Boop” is. On Columbia Records.

Week of November 15, 1954

Hollywood News - Passing - Lionel Barrymore -

patriarch of the famed family of actors and himself

a veteran of stage, radio and movies. He was 76.

Attending the funeral mass were names such as

Jimmy Durante, Buster Keaton, James Stewart,

George Cukor, Sam Zimbalist, Red Skelton and

many others. Some sent regrets - David

O’Selznick from New York, Dore Schary, ill and

Louis B. Mayer in San Francisco for a checkup due

to illness.

audiences laugh by whining

Milton Berle on his TV show

withdraws from the cast, complaining she should not have to

quit because she’s going to have a baby. She’s better known

as “Max” to Berle’s fans.

There are strong rumors that ABC-TV may be taking over ailing DuMont.

On “Lassie” this week, Lassie has puppies - 10 puppies to be exact. Sponsor

Campbell Soups has a Lassie “name the pup” contest in progress. Lassie had to

take lessons in

mothering, since the

real dog is a male.

Wednesday night

television -

CBS - Perry Como,

Godrey’s Friends,

Strike It Rich, I’ve Got

A Secret, Boxing

NBC - News, I Married

Joan, My Little Margie,

Theatre, This Is Your

Life, Douglas Fairbanks

Jr.

Erwin Show,

Masquerade Party,

Week of November 15, 1954

Boris Karloff, Biff Baker.

CBS-TV’s “Morning Show” now features Jack Paar out front.

Week of November 15, 1954

Some radio programmers are getting irritated

about all the movie title songs hitting the

marketplace over the past year or so. The

objection to the title songs is pegged that

they’re considered a plug for the movies they’re part of. Resentment to title songs

came to a head earlier this year with “The High And Mighty.” Many radio stations

thought it was an outright plug for the movie. Other songs that stirred radio

managers/programmers - “Three Coins In the Fountain,” Woman’s World,”

“Song From The Barefoot Contessa” and “The Adventures of Hajji Baba.” Record

companies are now taking notice and shipping songs with several titles. For

alternative title - “We Meet Again.”

Music news - Birdland, NY the famed jazz nite spot -

preps another concert package for a three-week tour

beginning in February. Featured in the tour - Sarah

Vaughan, George Shearing, Count Basie, Erroll Garner and Lester Young. Tour

will be tagged “Birdland Stars of 1955.” It all kicks off in Philadelphia on February

11 and moves into Carnegie Hall the following night.

conductor, arranger and composer, known as “the Glenn Miller

of Cuba. Decca was among the first record companies to seize

on Mambo artists several years go with Sonny Burke’s “Mambo

Jambo” package a few years ago.

She’s on the hottest streak ever -

current singles are coming in at 60,000 a day. She’s riding

high with “This Ole House” back with “Hey There” and

another single - “Mambo Italiano.” Her etching of “Sisters”

and Love You Didn’t Do Right By Me” is beginning to sell.

Also from the movie “White Christmas” - Columbia is

releasing her version of “White Christmas” and “Count Your

Blessings.”

Week of November 15, 1954

Week of November 15, 1954

Week of November 15, 1954

Pop music this week in

1954 -

I Need You Know - Eddie

Fisher

Mr. Sandman - Chordettes

This Ole House/Hey There

- Rosemary Clooney

Papa Loves Mambo - Perry

Como

Teach Me Tonight -

DeCastro Sisters

Mambo Italiano - Rosemary Clooney

If I Give My Heart to You - Doris Day

Hold My Hand - Don Cornell

At the movies -

Oberon, Michael Rennie

Week of November 15, 1954

Hi-Fidelity (Hi-Fi) is the big buz on records. Frontrunner RCA introduces

“New Orthophonic” to cement the label with the ultimate in Hi-Fi

reproduction.